Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Scourge (Instrument of punishment)

Nouns
  • scourge, rod, cane, stick
  • ratan, rattan
  • birch, birch rod
  • azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok
  • rod in pickle
  • switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon. whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout
  • cat, cat o'nine tails
  • rope's end. pillory, stocks, whipping post
  • cucking stool, ducking stool
  • brank
  • trebuchet, trebuket. [instruments of torture: list], triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel
  • chinese water torture. treadmill, crank, galleys. scaffold
  • block, ax, guillotine
  • stake
  • cross
  • gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring
  • death chair, electric chair
  • gas chamber
  • lethal injection
  • firing squad
  • mecate. house of correction etc. (prison) [Means of restraint.] Prison. goaler, jailer
  • executioner
  • electrocutioner
  • lyncher
  • hangman
  • headsman
  • Jack Ketch.